Stock for framing or other purposes



PATENTBD FEB. 9, 1904.

THEE PURPOSES.

JAN. 21, 1903.

STOCK MIN GATION r1 3 sums-sum 1.

HQ MODEL.

No.7'51,518-. PATENTED PEBLQ, 1904.

' J. H. KILLION.

STOCK FOR FRAMING 0R OTHER'PURPOSES. 7

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1903. v no MODEL, 3 SHEETS-SHEET z.

No. 751,518. PATENTED FEB. '9, 1904; J. H.-KILLI.ON. STOCK FOR FRAMING 03 OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1903. N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Patented February 9, 1904.

.U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. KILLION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOCK FOR FRAMING OR OTHER PURPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters-Patent No. 751,518, dated February 9,1904.

- Application filed January 21, 1903. Serial 30.1%,002. (No model.)

To all whom it mayboncern: Y

' Be it known that I, JOHN H. KILLION, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,-in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock for Framing or other Purposes, .of which the following is a specification. i I

This invention relates to improvements in stock or material of an ornamental character, and while it is more especially intended to be used for bordering or framing pictures, passepartouts, mirrors, card-mounts, plaques, and the like and for ornamenting and trimming pictureframe's, yet it is applicable for other purposes, such as for architectural inoldngs, fihgree-work, ornamental festoons, and

sition on bodies or pieces of Various sizes and shapes or formed into frames or figures of suitable, numerous, and attractive configurations.

Another object is tdso construct the stock that its cost may be greatly reduced by reason of the fact that a portion of it may be made of cheap or common material, while its other part may be formedof finer or more expensive material, yet producing the same effect as if all 'ofit weremade of the expensive kind.

A further object isto so construct the material that it will be capable of connecting two or more pieces together.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In orderto enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aface view of the mat of apicture having a frame thereon embodying one form of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modification in the construction of the stock or material comprising the frame and also a modified form of the m'atf Fig. 3 is an outer side or edge view thereof. 'Fig. 4 is a face view of still another. modified form in the construction of the stock or material constituting the frame. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a part of two pieces to be connected together by the stock or material and the act of being joined together. Fig. 6 is a central'sectional view of one of the balls of other modification in the shape of a picture mat or frame, showing, partly in section and partly .in elevation, the stock or material bordering the same andillustrating various-shaped pieces of which the stock may be composed. Fig. 9 is a View, partly in section and-partly in elevation, of a portion of a picture-mat with the stock or material located thereon and showing a portion of some of'the pieces of stock removed. Fig. 10 is a face view of a modified form of one of the pieces of the stock. Fig. 11 is a side or edge view thereof. Fig. 12 is a face view of'another modification of one 'ofthe ornamental pieces. central sectional View thereof." Fig. 1 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a pictureframe with still another modified form of the stock or material'in place thereon. Fig 15 is an end view in elevation thereof. Fig. 16 is a central sectionalview of a further-modified form of one of the pieces comprising'the stock or material; and Figs. 17, 18, and 19 are face views of a portion of the stock, showing modificatio'n's in the means of securing the main' pieces thereof together.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of a like- Fig. 13 is a.

- showing one ofthe pieces of said material in or other body which it is desired to frame and may be of any desired size and shape; but in the drawings I have shown three shapes onlyto wit, oval, circular, and angular deeming said shapes sufiicient to properly illustrate the applicability of my stock or material to various other forms.

The stock or material consists of a series of pieces flexibly or loosely united together, so that when thus united the material may be arranged to fit around a body of any desired shape or may be formed into a fanciful ornament or other design. Each of the main pieces 21, comprising a part of the stock or material, is preferably made of two parts 22 and 23, (see Fig. 6 of the drawings,) one of which parts having a recess 24 to receive a projection 25 on the adjacent surface ofthe other part, thus forming when the said parts are attached together a groove 26 to receive the connecting cords or wires 27 and 28, by means of which the main pieces are secured together. Instead, however, of making the main pieces of two parts, as above set forth, they may be formed of one piece of material, cut away to form a groove 26, thus producing heads 29 and 30, united by a neck 31, as is clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. These main pieces may be of any suitable size, form, and material, and in Fig. 8 of the drawings I have shown a variety thereof sufficient to demonstrate the fact that I do not wish to be limited to any specific form, but may employ any suitable shape. For instance, as at 32, is shown an angular piece in outlines, and at 33 a spoonshaped piece in outlines, while at 34 is shown a pear-shaped piece, and at 35 a globular piece, any of which shaped pieces, as well as those of other forms, may be used as the main pieces of the stock or material, and they may be made of two pieces, as shown in Fig. 6, or of one piece, as shown in Fig. 7, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown interposed between the main pieces 21, which are spherical in form and provided with grooves 26 to receive the outer edge of the mat or other article, a series of smaller pieces or spheres 36, which may be made and grooved in the same manner as the main pieces and above described, or they may be provided with an opening 37, extending diametrically thercthrough to permit of the passage of the wires or cords 27 and 28, on which the smaller pieces, as well as the main pieces, are strung.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings I have shown interposed between the main pieces a series of elongated pieces 38, each of which may be made in a manner similar to the main pieces and above set forth, or they may be provided with central openings to receive the connecting wires or cords.

In Fig. 4 is shown a construction of the stock or material which is composed entirely of the main pieces 21 united together, as will be presently explained.

In Fig. 9 is shown a portion of the stock or material, the main pieces 21 of which are composed of two parts, as in Fig. 6, with one of the parts removed to show the connecting projection 25 thereof, around which the retaining wires or cords pass. Inter-posed between the main pieces 21 are a series of balls or spherical pieces 39, each of which is provided with a diametrical opening 40 to receive the wires or cords and with a circumferential groove 26, in which are located a series of beads 42, which are strung on a cord 43, of elastic or other suitable material, so as to hold them in said groove.

In Figs. 10 and 11 is shown a face and side view, respectively, of another modified form of one of the main pieces, which comprises two circular but flattened parts 44 and 45, joined together by a connection 46, so as to form a groove 26, as in the other constructions and for the same'purpose.

In Figs. 12 and 13 the spherical pieces 39 are shown in face and sectional views, respectively, and may be made similar to the main pieces 21, but are provided with a central opening 40, extending at right angles to the groove 26, in which the beads 42 are located.

In Figs. 14 and 15 I have shown still another modification, which consists'in employing a frame 47, having on its outer surface a groove 48, in which is located a series of balls 49, each of which has a central opening 50, through which a cord 51, of elastic or other material, is inserted to string them together,

so that they may be readily placed in position on the frame.

In Fig. 16 I have shown another modification in the construction of one of the main pieces, which consists in providing the part 22 with a screw-threaded recess 52 to receive the screw-threaded projection 53 on the part 23, thus aifording means to secure the two parts firmly together without the use of cement or glue.

The pieces comprising the stock may be secured together in various ways; but in Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings I have shown them connected by means of wires or cords 27 and 28, which are located in the grooves of the pieces so as to rest alternately on opposite sides of the projections 25 or connecting portions thereof; but I may use a single wire 54 and wind it around the stems 25 or connecting portions of the pieces, as shown in Fig. 18 of the drawings. When the intervening pieces are provided with diametrical openings, of course the wire or cord or wires or cords will be passed through said openings, as is clearly shown at 37 in Fig. 1 and is also shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings. Instead of using wires or cords for connecting the pieces together I may employ connecting-links 55 therefor, as shown in Fig. 17, in which instance each of the links has at its ends a ring or loop 56 to fit over the stems 25, thus loosely connecting the pieces together.

By making the pieces comprising the stock or material of two parts, as shown in Figs. 6 and 16, it is apparent that the front portion, or that part thereof presented to view, may be made of expensive material, such as precious wood, while the other part may be made of cheap or less expensive 'stufL-thus reducing the cost of manufacture. I

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it is evident that the stock or material may be made of any suitable substance and polished, colored, or otherwise ornamented and that it is applicable not only for framing purposes. but is adapted to a great Variety of uses.

In Fig. 19 I have shown another modification in the manner of constructing the main pieces of the stock or material and also in connecting them together, which consists informing each of the pieces 21 with a reduced portion 57 I to form recesses 58 on each side thereof, one of said recesses being adapted to receivethe mat or other body and the other to receive the wire 54: or cord, which rests on the reduced portions and holds the pieces'to the mat or frame.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by each of which is reduced so as to form two heads having a groove and a connecting portion therebetween, and wires or cords located in-said grooves and resting alternately on the opposite sides of the said connecting portions to secure the pieces together, substantially as described.

2. Stock or material for framing and other purposes, comprising a plurality of main pieces each of which is reduced to form two heads having a groove and a; connecting portion therebetween, means located in the grooves and on the said connecting portions to secure the. pieces together, and pieces of different sizes or designs interposed between the main pieces and supported by the connecting means, substantially as described.

3. Stock or material for framing and other purposes, comprising a plurality of main pieces each of which is reduced to form two heads having a groove and connecting portion there between, means located in the grooves and on said connecting portions to secure the pieces together, pieces interposed between the main pieces, each of saidinterposed pieces having a diametrical opening to receive the connecting means and a circumferential groove, and

' a string of beads or ornaments located in said groove, substantially as described.

4. Stock or material for framing and other purposes, comprising a plurality of pieces each formed of .two detachable parts, one of said parts having a recess or opening, and the other provided with a projection or stem to fit in said opening whereby two heads with a groove therebetween are formed, and means located in said groove and on the stems for securing one piece to'another, substantially as described.

5. Stock or material for framing and other purposes, comprising a plurality of pieces each formed of two detachable parts, one of said parts having a recess or opening, and the other provided with a projection or stem to fit. in said opening whereby two heads with a groove therebetween are formed, and wires or. cords located in said grooves and resting alternately on the opposite sides of the said stems to secure the pieces together, substantially as described.

6. Stock or material for framing and other purposes, comprising a plurality of main pieces each formed of two detachable parts, one of said parts having a recess or opening, and the other provided with a projection or stem to fit in said opening whereby two heads with a groove therebetween are formed, means located in the grooves and on the said stems to secure the pieces together, and pieces of different sizes or designs interposed between the main pieces and supported by the connecting means, substantially as described.

. 7. Stock or material for framing and other purposes, comprising a plurality of main pieces each formed of two parts, one of said parts having a recess or opening, and the other provided with a projection or stem to fit in said opening whereby two heads with a groove therebetween are'form ed, means in the grooves and on the said stems to secure the pieces together, pieces interposed between the main pieces, each of said interposed pieces having a diametrical opening to receive the connecting means and a circumferential groove, and Y of said opening whereby two heads 'with a I groove therebetween are formed, means located in said groove and on the stems for securing the pieces together, pieces interposed between the inain pieces, each of said interposed pieces having a diametrical opening to receive the connecting means and a circumferential groove, and'a string of ornaments located in said groove, substantially as described.

7. JOHN H. KILLION.

Witnesses: V

CHAs. O. TmLMA'N, A. GUSTAFSON, 

